Pssttt`~! Can U Keep A Secret? [Part 1]

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Speed Secrets

Microsoft Doesn’t Want You To Know!

Simple Ways To Increase The Performance Of Your

Windows XP PC In 5 Minutes Or Less

XP Speed Secret #1: Disable Extra Startup Programs

There Are Certain Programs That Windows Will Start Every Time U Boot Up Your System, And During The Startup Phase, They're All Competing For A Slice Of Your CPU Speed. Extra Or Unwwanted Items In The Startup List Will Definitely Increase Your Startup Time, Perhaps By Several Minutes. Some Common Examples Are Things Related To AOL, RealPlayer, Napster, Instant Messengers And Video Managers. If You're Not Sure About An Item, No Big Deal. U Can Turn It Off, Restart Your PC, And See If Everything Seems To Work. If Not, U Can Always Go Back And Re-enable An Item In The Startup List. This Tip Alone Should Speed Up Your Start-up By 250%! Here Are Is What You Have To Do:

1. Go To Start Button -> Run

2. Type "msconfig", Without Quotations

3. Hit Enter Key Or Click The OK Button

4. A System Configuration Utility Window Will Show Up

5. Click The Startup Tab

6. In The Startup Tab U Will See Several Boxes And Some Of Them Will Selected (Checked).         All U Have To Do Is Uncheck Extra Items That Are Of No Use. If U Run An Antivirus     Program It Is Not Recommend To Uncheck It.

7. After Making Your Choices, Press The OK button, You Will Be Prompted To Restart                     Computer To Apply Changes.

8. After Restarting Your Computer, A Dialogue Will Be Displayed. U Can Check The option For       Not Showing This Dialogue Every Time Your PC Reboots.

XP Speed Secret #2: Remove Spyware, Adware, And Malware

Have You Scanned Your System For Spyware, Adware And Other Unwanted Pests?1 Of 6 Computers Has Some Sort Of Spyware Or Malware! They Dramatically Slow Down Your Computer Because They Use Resources To Generate Popup Ads, Send Spam, And Often Interfere With The Operation Of Good Programs.

If You Haven’t Scanned Recently, I Recommend A Free Scan From A Good Anti-Spyware Program. I Prefer To Use Stand-Alone, High Quality Anti-Spyware Programs Like XoftSpy Pro, Which Give Us The Ability To Scan And Repair These Problems In Seconds.

FINAL NOTE: Recent Testing Has Shown That Stand-Alone Programs Do A Much Better Job Than The “All-In-One” Packages (eg. Norton Internet Security) At Detecting Spyware, Adware, And malware.

XP Speed Secret #3: Optimize Display Settings

Windows XP Can Look Sexy But Displaying All The Visual Items Can Waste System Resources. To Optimize:

1. Click The Start Button

2. Select Control Panel

3. Double-click The System Icon

4. Click The Advanced Tab

5. In The Performance Box Click Settings

6. Leave Only The Following Ticked:

• a. Show Shadows Under menus

• b. Show Shadows Under Mouse Pointer

• c. Show Translucent Selection Rectangle

• d. Use Drop Shadows For Icons Labels On The Desktop

• e. Use Visual Styles On Windows And Buttons

7. Finally, Click Apply And OK

XP Speed Secret #4: Speed-Up File Browsing

You May Have Noticed That Every Time U Open “My Computer” To Browse Folders That There Is A Slight Delay. This Is Because Windows XP Automatically Searches For Network Files And Printers Every Time U Open Windows Explorer. To Fix This And To Increase Browsing Speed significantly:

1. Double-click On My Computer

2. Click The Tools Menu

3. Select Folder Options

4. Click On The View Tab.

5. Uncheck The Automatically Search For Network Folders And Printers Check Box

6. Click Apply

7. Click OK

8. Reboot Your Computer

XP Speed Secret #5: Reduce Page File Size

Page File Size Is Not Constant By Default. Due To This, The Operating System Has To Resize The File Each Time More Space Is Required. This Is A Performance Overhead. All U Have To Do Is To Set The File Size To A Reasonable Limit.

Follow The Steps:

1. Right-click My Computer, Select Properties

2. Click The Advanced Tab

3. Click The Settings Button Under The Performance Section

4. Click The Advanced Tab

5. Under The Virtual Memory Section, Click The Change Button

6. "Virtual Memory" Dialogue Box Will Appear

7. Highlight The C: Drive Containing Page File

8. Select The Custom Size Radio Button And Give Same Values In Initial Size And               Maximum Size Fields:

    If U Have Less Than 512MB Of Memory, Leave The Page File At Its Default Size.

    If U Have 512MB Or More, Change The Ratio To 1:1 Page File Size To Physical Memory Size.

9. Click Set, Then OK buttons To Apply The Changes

XP Speed Secret #6: Clean Your System Registry

Of Course, The Fastest And Easiest Way To Speed-Up Your Computer Is To Allow A Software Program To Do It For You! Although You Will Find That All Of The Adjustments In This Guide Will Speed Up Your System, The Most Effective And Easiest Way To Give Your Computer Blazing Speed Is To Clean Up Your System’s Registry. Your Computer Is Like Your Car: It Needs Periodic Maintenance To Keep It Running At Optimum Performance. Installing And Un-Installing Programs, Surfing The Internet, Emailing, And Other Everyday Activities Create A Sort Of “Sludge” That Builds Up In Your Computer Over Time, Much Like An Automobile Engine. After A While, It Doesn't Startup Like When It Was New, It Stalls Unexpectedly,And Performance Is Sluggish On The (Information) Highway.

I Strongly Recommend Running A Free Registry Scan To Find Out How Many Errors You Computer Is Hiding From You. Your Computer Will Likely Have Hundreds Of Registry Errors That Are Dramatically Slowing Down The Potential Speed And Performance.

XP Speed Secret #7: Run Disk Clean-Up

Both Windows And Application Programs Tend To Leave Temporary Files Lying Around On Your Hard Drive, Taking Up Space. A Hard Drive That Is Close To Being “Full” Can Cause Windows To Slow Down Or Interfere With Efficient Disk Access And Virtual Memory Operations. 

If You Surf The Web A Lot, Your Temporary Internet Files Folder Can Become Quite Large, Causing Internet Explorer To Slow Down Or Malfunction. Cleaning Up Unneeded Files, Scanning For Disk Errors And Defragmenting The Hard Drive Can Help To Restore Some Zip To Your System. Try To Run Once A Month For Peak Performance.

Follow The Steps:

1. Double-Click The My Computer Icon.

2. Right-Click On The C: Drive

3. Select Properties

4. Click The Disk Cleanup Button (To The Bottom Right Of The Capacity Pie Graph)

5. Select / Check Temporary Internet Files And Recycle Bin

6. Click OK

XP Speed Secret #8: Enable Direct Memory Access (DMA)

1. Right-Click On My Computer, Select Properties

2. Select The Hardware Tab

3. Click The Device Manager Button

4. Double-Click IDE/ATAPI Controllers

5. Double-Click On The Primary IDE Channel

6. Click On The Advanced Settings Tab (As Shown In Figure) The Tab May Or May Not Be         Available For Each Option. It Is Only Available In Primary And Secondary Channels.

7. Set The Transfer Mode To "DMA If Available" Both For Device 1 And 0

8. Click OK

9. Perform The Same Operation For Other Items In The List, If Applicable.

XP Speed Secret #9: Disable File Indexing

Indexing Services Is A Small Little Program That Uses Large Amounts Of Memory And Can Often Make A Computer Endlessly Loud And Noisy. This System Process Indexes And Updates Lists Of All The Files That Are On Your Computer. It Does This So That When You Do A Search For Something On Your Computer, It Will Search Faster By Scanning The Index Lists. If You Don’t Search Your Computer Often, This System Service Is Completely Unnecessary. To Disable Do The Following:

1. Click Start Button

2. Select The Control Panel

3. Double-Click Add/Remove Programs

4. Click The Add/Remove Window Components Icon On The Left Side Of The Window

5. This May Take A Few Seconds To Load. Be Patient.

6. Look For The “Indexing Services” Component In The List

7. Uncheck The Indexing Services

8. Click Next

9. Click Finish

XP Speed Secret #10: Remove Un-Used Programs & Files

You May Have A Bunch Of Software Packages On Your Hard Drive That Are No Longer Needed, Or They Were Gratuitously Installed When You Downloaded Some Other Package.Toolbars, File-Sharing Programs, Free Email Enhancers, Online Shopping "companions" And Download Managers Are Notorious For This Practice. These Uninvited Guests Can Put A Big Drag On Your Startup Time, Cause Web Pages To Load Slowly, And Generally Bog Down Your Computer.

1. Click Start Button

2. Select Control Panel

3. Double-Click Add/Remove Programs Icon

4. See What Programs Are Installed That You Don’t Typically Use

5. Select The Remove Button For The Ones You Know You Don't Need

If You’re Unsure About Some Programs, Do A Web Search To Learn About The Ones That You Need To Keep.

GOOD LUCK!

[End Of Part 1]

Windows 7

Wew`~! What Is Windows 7? Wanna Know About It? Take A Dig To This Review`~! Wew`~!

Windows 7

Over The Past Few Years, Peoples Have Asked Microsoft To Make Some Changes To Windows And They Listened Closely. Now It's Time To Share An Early Look At How They've Used Our Feedback. Windows 7 Is Faster, More Reliable, And Makes It Easier To Do What You Want. Both The Everyday Things And The Killer "Is That Really Possible?" Things. Dig Into This Review To See What's Coming.

Take A Look

Windows 7 Is Full Of Great New Features And Enhancements. See What You'll Be Able To Do.

What's New In Windows 7:

1. FASTER & EASIER:

1.a. Improved Taskbar

Get The Picture: See What's Open With Previews And Easily Control Windows Experience With The New Taskbar

Improved Taskbar And Full-Screen Previews

The Taskbar At The Bottom Of Your Screen Is What You Use To Switch Between The Applications You've Got Open. In Windows 7, You Can Set The Order In Which The Icons Appear And They'll Stay Put. They're Easier To See, Too. Click Once On The New Large Icons Or Bigger Preview Thumbnails And You're Ready To Go. You Can Even See A Full Screen Preview Before Switching To The Window.

1.b. Jump Lists

A Leap In Efficiency: Jump Lists Provide Quick Access To Common Tasks

Jump Lists

With Windows 7, Microsoft Focused On Keeping The Things You Use Most Right In Front Of You. One Example: The New Jump List Feature. It's A Handy Way To Quickly Reach The Files You've Been Working With. To See The Files You've Used Recently, Just Right Click On The Icon On your taskbar. So Right-Clicking On The Word Icon Will Show Your Most Recent Word Documents. Plus, If There Are Other Files You Want To Keep Handy, You Can Just Pin Them To The Jump List.

1.c. New Ways To Work With Windows

Now You See Them

Now You Don't: See Through To The Desktop With Invisible Windows

New Ways To Work With Windows

Windows 7 Simplifies How You Work With The Windows On Your Desktop. You'll Have More Intuitive Ways To Open, Close, Resize, And Arrange Them. You Can Drag Open Windows To Screen Borders, So You'll No Longer Have To Click On Tiny Objects In The Corner Of A Window To Make It Do What You Want.

Maximize A Window By Dragging Its Border To The Top Of The Screen, And Return The Window To Its Original Size By Dragging It Away From The Top Of The Screen. Drag The Bottom Border Of A Window To Expand It Vertically.

It's Easy To Copy Files Or Compare The Contents Of Two Windows By Dragging The Windows To Opposite Sides Of The Screen. As Your Cursor Touches The Edge, The Window Will Resize To Fill That half of the screen.

To See All Your Desktop Gadgets, Just Drag Your Mouse To The Lower Right Corner Of Your Desktop. That'll Make All The Open Windows Transparent—Making Your Desktop, And The Gadgets On It, Immediately Visible. Want To Minimize All Your Windows? One Click And It's Done.

1.d. Internet Explorer 8

Available Now, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Helps You Do What You Want Online, Faster. With Innovations To The Address Bar, Search, Tabs, And The Favorites Bar, Internet Explorer 8 Brings You More Information, With Less Effort.

Instant Search

To Start, As You Type A Search Request You'll Immediately Start Seeing Relevant Suggestions From Your Chosen Search Provider, Complete With Images When Available. The Twist: Search Will Also Use Your Browsing History To Narrow The Suggestions. You'll Start Seeing Search Results While You're Typing. If You See What You're Looking For, You Can Go Right To The List Without finishing the request.

Start Typing And Search Results Start Appearing

Accelerators

There Are Online Services You Use All The Time. Like Getting A Map. With Accelerators, You Can Highlight A Bit Of Information On Any Page, Click On The Blue Accelerators Icon, And Choose From A Variety Of Services Relevant To The Information You Selected. So If You Highlight A Business Address And Right Click, You Can Use An Accelerator To Get A Map Right There. The Live Maps Accelerator Will Show A Map Preview Directly On The Page.

At Your Service: Accelerators Get What You Need, Fast

Web Slices

With Web Slices, You Can Instantly See Changes On A Website Without Going To It. Use A Web Slice To Monitor Things Like Auction Items, Sports Scores, Entertainment Columns, And Weather Reports. When The Content You're Watching Changes, Internet Explorer 8 Delivers Updated Information Directly To A Web Slice In Your Favorites Bar, So You Can See It Right Away.

Always Up To Date: Get Web Slice Information From The Favorites Bar

1.e. Windows Live

With Windows 7, Some Features Previously Included In The Operating System Are Now Available For Download Through Windows Live Essentials, A Set Of Free Applications Available For Your PC And Supported By Windows 7. You Can Download Windows Live Messenger, Photo Gallery, Mail, Writer, Movie Maker, And More. With These Great Applications, You Can Improve Your Windows Experience, And Benefit From Faster Delivery Of These Features And Services.

Windows Live Photo Gallery

1.f. Better Device Management

One Of The Great Things About PCs Is How They Let Us Use Such A Wide Array Of Devices. In The Past, You Had To Use Several Different Screens To Manage Different Types Of Devices. But With Windows 7, You'll Use A Single Devices And Printers Screen To Connect, Manage, And Use Whatever Printers, Phones, And Other Devices You Have On-Hand.

All Together Now: See All Your Devices In One Spot

A New Technology In Windows 7 Called Device Stage Takes Device Management A Step Further. Device Stage Helps You Interact With Any Compatible Device Connected To Your Computer. From Device Stage You Can See Device Status And Run Common Tasks From A Single Window. There Are Even Pictures Of The Devices Which Makes It Really Easy To See What's There. Here's A List Of Products That Take Advantage Of Device Stage.

Device Stage Puts Device Features Front And Center

1.g. HomeGroup

Setting Up A Home Network Can Be Complicated. With PCs Running Windows 7, A Home Network Will Be Easier To Setup And A Lot More Useful. HomeGroup Makes It Easier To Connect To Other Computers And Devices On A Wireless Home Network, So You Can Share Files, Photos, Music, And Printers Throughout Your Home. To Use HomeGroup, You’ll Need To Have At Least Two PCs Running Windows 7. Once You've Set Up A Homegroup, You Can Use The Network And Sharing Center To Choose What You Share With Other Homegroup Members.

Decide Whether To Join An Existing Network

Easily Explore Content On Other Devices On The Network

2. WORK YOUR WAY:

2.a. Faster, More Responsive Performance

Nobody Likes To Wait. So Microsoft Focused On The Basics That Can Impact The Speed Of Your PC. Windows 7 Starts Up, Shuts Down, Resumes From Standby, And Responds Faster. You'll Have Fewer Interruptions And Can Recover More Quickly From Problems When They Do Occur Because Windows 7 Will Help You Fix Them When You Want.

2.b. Extended Battery Life

Performance Improvements Are About More Than Speed. For Example, Your Laptop Battery Lasts Longer With Power-Saving Features, Such As Adaptive Display Brightness, Which Dims The Display If You Haven't Used Your PC For A While.

Bright Idea: With A Display That Dims Automatically, You Get Longer Battery Life

2.c. Theme Packages Reflect Your Style

With Windows 7, You Start With A Clean DesktopAnd Get To Decide How It Looks. We Provide The Templates, Or Themes, And You Can Choose The Color Or Format, Including Whether You'd Like To Enjoy A Slideshow For Your Desktop Background.

New Theme Packages Include Rich Backgrounds, 16 Glass Colors, Sound Schemes, And Screensavers. You Can Download New Themes And Create Your Own To Share With Friends And Family. There Are Plenty Of Choices To Make It Yours.

By Design: Themes Give Your Desktop A Personal Touch

2.d. Take Control Of Problems

Many Of You Asked Microsoft To Stop Windows From Sending So Many Alerts And Messages And To Give You More Control Over Messages. In Windows 7, You Get To Choose The Messages You Want To See.

Even If You Don't Change A Thing, You'll Still See Fewer Notifications And Icons Popping Up Because The Action Center Consolidates Alerts From 10 Windows Features, Including Security Center And Windows Defender.

Rather Than Popping Up With A Message In The Lower Right Of Your Screen, If Windows 7 Needs Your Attention, You'll See An Action Center Icon And Can Find Out More By Clicking It. If You Don't Have Time To Look At The Alert Immediately, Action Center Will Keep The Information Waiting For You To Address Later.

Choose When You Receive Notifications

Simplifying Maintenance, Quieting The System: Action Center Consolidates Notifications

3. NEW POSSIBILITIES

3.a. Share Music And Videos

One Of The Great Things About PCs Is How They Help You Put Your Pictures, Videos, And Music In One Place. Once Everything Is In That Spot, It's Natural To Want To Share It All With Other PCs In Your Home. Windows 7 Helps You Do It. Windows 7 Introduces New Media Sharing Features That Make Your PC A Great Hub For Experiencing Audio, Video, And Pictures Throughout Your Home. So, When You Set Up A Homegroup Or Stream Media From Windows Media Player, You Can Enjoy Your Music, Pictures, And Videos On Other Computers Running Windows 7 And Other Devices In Your Home.

Share Your Media Without Losing Control

3.b. Windows Touch

While Great For A Lot Of Tasks, Using A Keyboard And Mouse Is Not Always The Easiest Way To Do Things. If You've Got A Touch-Screen Monitor, You Can Just Touch Your Computer Screen For A More Direct And Natural Way To Work. Use Your Fingers To Scroll, Resize Windows, Play Media, And Pan And Zoom. Large Touch-Sensitive Areas On The Start Menu And The Taskbar Make It Easy To Use.

Touch Your Computer Screen When You'd Rather Not Use A Mouse

3.c. Handwriting Recognition Additions

Handwriting Recognition Takes A Big Step Forward In Windows 7. Beginning With Greater Accuracy And Speed, Windows 7 Improves Pen Input In Several Ways. You Can Write Math Expressions, Create Personalized Custom Dictionaries For Handwriting Recognition, And Use The New Languages Supported In Windows 7. Of Course, You Can Also Use The Pen To Just Make A Quick List.

Just Jot It Down

Information About Windows 7 Is Preliminary And Subject To Change. Some Product Features Of Windows 7, Such As The Ability To Watch And Record Live TV Or Navigation Through The Use Of "Touch," May Require Advanced Or Additional Hardware. The Features And Functionality You Find In The Beta Product May Not Appear In The Final Version Of Windows 7.

More Links From Microsoft (Download):

Warning: Download At Your Own Risk`~!

• Windows Vista SP1
• Windows Live
• Gadget Gallery
• Windows Media Player
• Silverlight
• Internet Explorer
• Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor
• ActiveSync
• Microsoft Mobile Applications
• Jan. 2009 Security Updates
• MORE DOWNLOADS

Welcome To Windows 7